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- Title
The Process of Sex Attribution: Methodology and First Findings.
- Authors
Zeldow, Peter B.; Greenberg, Roger P.
- Abstract
Sex attribution is defined as any explanation of behavior that specifies sex of the performer as a causal agent. A method is described for assessing appropriate and inappropriate occasions for making sex attributions, and several hypotheses related to their occurrence are advanced. As predicted, sex attributions occurred most frequently when a person stated a preference that was ‘sex appropriate’ on an empirical basis for someone of his/her sex. Consistent with claims of the Women's Movement, the findings indicate that men are more likely than women to make inappropriate sex attributions. Unexpectedly, however, this bias occurred only when men were fudging the attitudes of other males.
- Subjects
SOCIAL psychology; SEX discrimination; FEMINISM; SEXISM; COLLEGE students; STANDARD deviations; GENDER role; ATTRIBUTION (Social psychology); DEVELOPMENTAL psychology
- Publication
Sex Roles, 1975, Vol 1, Issue 2, p111
- ISSN
0360-0025
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/BF00288005